The breach opened near the western choke.
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Too large.
Too fast.
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Liora saw it.
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And stepped in.
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Alone.
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To hold.
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Not because she could win.
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Because she had to.
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Kael saw.
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And chose.
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Not to pull her back.
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But to trust her.
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That—
was everything.